A presidential agenda, pro-industry proposals and a probe — documents reveal Big Tobacco’s influence in the Philippines and on the international stage.
Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.
Fueled by misleading marketing claims, the German drugmaker’s painkiller tapentadol is on the rise.
Experts say the FDA’s watchdog for America’s food supply is uniquely vulnerable to ongoing federal cutbacks – which could make the system even more reliant on companies policing themselves.
Former fracking company CEO Chris Wright played a key role in efforts to roll back workers’ choices in socially conscious ESG investing.
The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, which is not taxpayer-funded, oversees an industry whose products kill nearly half a million Americans each year.
The government previously weakened Velo warning labels after British American Tobacco threatened to pull investment from a factory in Nairobi, an Examination investigation found.
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises.
As legal battles over vapes and menthol cigarettes mount, tobacco companies turn to former agency insiders to press their case.
Tactics used to persuade U.S. doctors that potent painkillers could be safely prescribed have been used abroad, an investigation shows.
We’ve been busy: 19 investigations, 37 media partners, many late nights – and one very proud team.
Chemical suppliers for lithium-ion batteries have been accused of misleading regulators, hiding information and contaminating communities while making related products.
By making legal threats and lobbying politicians, the tobacco industry worked to undermine a radical new bill to create a “smoke free” generation, documents show.
With deceptive health appeals, China Tobacco finds growth amid global slowdown.
Tens of thousands of people live close to oil and gas wells where they risk exposure to hazardous levels of hydrogen sulfide. Regulators do little to protect them.
General Mills warns of “food shaming"; dietitian influencers promote junk foods and discourage weight loss efforts.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
The tobacco giant and its longtime business associate quietly gained a major foothold in Egypt, as the country sold off its stake in its state tobacco monolith.
Smoking rates have declined dramatically in much of the world since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was signed 20 years ago. But not in China – and its people are suffering the consequences.
For two decades, China Tobacco has undermined a landmark anti-smoking treaty. Millions more deaths are predicted as a result.
The medical education provider had proposed a year’s worth of online content about smoking cessation backed by the tobacco giant, an internal document shows.
Leaked documents show how lobbying successfully relaxed regulations around Velo nicotine pouches. Experts fear the products will addict a new generation.
Philip Morris International has poured millions into a nonprofit that funds a sprawling network of pro-vaping groups trying to influence laws.
